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Caribou graze near fossil fuel pipelines in Alaska’s Western Arctic in the Lake Teshekpuk area. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
Article March 16, 2023

There’s a Biodiversity Crisis, and Oil and Gas Are Making It Worse

The web of life is in danger of collapsing, due in large part to climate change, pollution, and habitat destruction caused by the fossil fuel industry. We're working to protect…
A North Atlantic right whale swims with dolphins. (Allison Henry / NOAA)
case May 18, 2021

Seismic Airgun Blasting in the Atlantic Ocean

A north Atlantic right whale swims with dolphins. (Allison Henry / NOAA)
Update: Victory October 16, 2020

Endangered Whale Protected From Life-Threatening Seismic Blasts

Two years of litigation against permits granted to fossil fuel companies results in a critical reprieve for one of Earth's rarest ocean creatures.
The endangered right whale is among the marine creatures threatened by seismic testing. (Edurivero / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory October 1, 2020

Seismic Blasting Efforts Halted in Atlantic Ocean

Permits will expire next month; industry won’t launch boats this year
The Trump administration has authorized seismic surveying that will harm North Atlantic right whales like the ones shown here. Only about 400 whales of this species remain. (NOAA photo)
Article March 12, 2019

Trump Regulators Gave Oil Industry a Pass to Injure Whales, and We’re Fighting Back

In its attempt to open up U.S. waters to the fossil fuel industry, the Trump administration gave a green light to conduct harmful seismic surveys. We’re taking them to court.
Right whales are on the brink of extinction, pushed closer by a rash of recent and unprecedented deaths.(NOAA NMFS Northeast Regional Office / CC BY 2.0)
Press Release February 19, 2019

Groups Seek Court Order Blocking Atlantic Seismic Blasting

Filing: Government downplayed considerable harm blasting would cause
video December 11, 2018

The High Cost of Underwater Seismic Airguns

Seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic Ocean could deafen marine life — and imperil the foundations of the ocean food web.
The endangered right whale is among the marine creatures threatened by seismic testing. (Edurivero / Getty Images)
Press Release December 11, 2018

Groups Sue Feds to Stop Seismic Airgun Blasting in Atlantic Ocean

First step toward offshore drilling jeopardizes critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, puts marine life at risk
Right whales are on the brink of extinction, pushed closer by a rash of recent and unprecedented deaths.(NOAA NMFS Northeast Regional Office / CC BY 2.0)
Press Release November 30, 2018

Trump Administration To Allow “Incidental” Injury To Endangered Whales In Seismic Blast Zones

Environmental groups will use every tool available to prevent seismic airgun blasting for oil and gas surveys
document July 21, 2017

Comments: Proposed Incidental Harassment Authorizations For Seismic Surveys In The Atlantic Ocean

Coalition comments expressing serious concern over National Marine Fisheries Service’s proposal to authorize five industrial seismic surveys off the east coast of the United States. 82 Fed. Reg. 26,244 (June…
The endangered North Atlantic right whale is just one of the marine animals that seismic testing off the East Coast would harm. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Article June 30, 2017

Seismic Blasting Would Deafen Marine Mammals

As companies search for oil and gas deposits buried beneath the ocean floor in the Atlantic, whales and dolphins could suffer permanent hearing damage and even death.
A North Atlantic right whale and calf. (NOAA Photo)
Press Release January 6, 2017

Earthjustice Responds to Obama Administration's Rejection of Harmful Airgun Blasting in the Atlantic

Oil and gas exploration activity would have unnecessarily harmed whales and dolphins
Because of commercial seismic surveys, hundreds of whales could lose their ability to hunt prey, navigate and communicate with one another. (Joseph Rank/Jantoo)
Article January 6, 2017

Drilling Halted, the Atlantic Still Faces an Offshore Threat from the Oil Industry

Because of commercial seismic surveys, hundreds of whales could lose their ability to hunt prey, navigate and communicate with one another.
(Photo provided by Center for Whale Research)
Press Release March 5, 2015

Leading Marine Scientists Sound Alarm on Destructive Oil and Gas Airgun Exploration in Atlantic

Earthjustice highlights catastrophic combined effects of industrial airgun blasting and Navy sonar tests
A humpback whale with newborn calf. The testing alone would injure an estimated 138,000 marine mammals from 34 species, according the administration’s own estimates. (David Doubilet / daviddoubilet.com)
Article July 28, 2014

Obama Opens Door to More Dirty Drilling in Atlantic

On July 18, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management gave its stamp of approval to a framework for oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic Ocean, on an area…